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Francis John (Frank) Waters (1907-1990) postal worker, trade union official and parliamentarian
Birth: 10 August 1907 at Hastings, New Zealand, son of Australian-born parents John Thomas Waters (1877-1933), a chef, from Bobinwarrah, Moira, Victoria, and Margaret, née McGrath (1877-1920). Marriage: 24 June 1930 at Brisbane, Queensland, to Brisbane-born Jessie Kate Robertson (1902-1985). They had one daughter and two sons. Death: 6 August 1990 at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, Brisbane. Religion: none.
Sources
Biography Register, Queensland Parliament; Communication Worker, September 1986, December 1987; Postal Advocate, December 1972; F. Waters, Postal Unions and Politics (1978).
'Waters, Francis John (Frank) (1907–1990)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/waters-francis-john-frank-34500/text43331, accessed 5 November 2024.
B884, Q152466 (National Archives of Australia)
10 August,
1907
Hastings,
New Zealand
6 August,
1990
(aged 82)
Brisbane,
Queensland,
Australia
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